Rent, boo!

Lesson of the day(summer): Saving money for rent sucks! I mean, I know my landlord has to make money somehow but $375/month for rent is a little steep when some windows won’t open, the shower pressure is low and the kitchen is kind of dinky. Although, I will say that this kitchen trumps the last kitchen we had.

I feel like I am always working but there is nothing in my bank account to show for it. I worked at the theater as often as I could get on the schedule when I was home and I didn’t spend any of my own money while I was home -well, not much of it. I’ve been working at the bookstore almost everyday for the last two weeks so my next paycheck will be pretty nice. Hopefully it will be big enough that I can pay my roommate back and my boyfriend back. They both lent me money for rent this summer, which was very generous and VERY appreciated.

I have to make twenty dollars last for ten days. Hopefully I can do it. I’ll be eating lots of Ramen and pasta for the next ten days. I can’t wait to do some real grocery shopping after I get paid. Mmm, I can almost taste real meat and fresh vegetables. I’m thinking about starting a raw diet, just eating fruits and vegetables. Although, I really like my burgers and steaks. I just get so sick of feeling gross after I eat macaroni and cheese and other boxed, processed food products.

ciao!

A Bucket List.

So, I recently watched the Bucket List again. It's a good movie about friendship and doing crazy amazing things.

So I got to thinking about my own bucket list and what kinds of things might be on it. (It kind of helped for story ideas too)!

So here mine is, in no specific order really:

1. I want to see the sky in the southern hemisphere. It's different than the one I've seen for 21 years. 

2. I want to float in the Dead Sea. There is enough salt in the water where it doesn't take much to float!

3. I want to watch a volcano erupt - from a safe distance. 

4. I want to scuba dive in Australia. It's a beautiful country surrounded by beautiful marine life.

5. I want to visit Harry Potter film sights. It's one of my favorite book series and movie series! Also, Rupert Grint is a babe.
6. I want to go to Disney World. I've never been and would love to go. Every kids dreams of it!
7. I want to ride the London Eye (ferris wheel in London) at night. It is spectacular and the view would be amazing. Also, I would be in one of the coolest cities in the world.
8. I want to make a wish in the Fontana di Trevi, or better known as the Trevi Fountain.
9. I want to have a by line. I would love to have anything I write published.
10. It might be crazy, but I want to meet Neil Patrick Harris.

They might not be the craziest things like skydiving in some foreign country or climbing a mountain, but I do think they would be fulfilling life experiences. 

Hi-Ho, Back to Work I Go.

Lesson of the day: work is boring (and hard) when you've only had three hours off sleep. My room is on the top floor of the house so it is a treat to sleep in when it is 90 degrees outside, probably inside too.

I am back at the school store working now for the rest of the summer. It should be nicer than working at the cinema. Although I do love getting to see movies for free, half-off concessions and a pretty chillax schedule...I need to make some money.

So, I'm sitting at work (having a chair is soooo nice) and I am surfing the Time Magazine website since it is my favorite thing to do that is work appropriate. I'd rather peruse Facebook and do some online shopping but Time will have to suffice. I came across a very interesting article about childhood obesity and whether or not their parents should have custody of them. Should Parents Lose Custody of Their Extremely Obese Kids?

Although I don't think children should be taken away from their parents for extreme obesity I do think there should be some sort of intervention to help kids lose weight in order to prevent health problems. Parents need to learn how to teach their children about eating right and exercising. I feel bad for toddlers who weigh more than 100 pounds because they aren't healthy and they probably suffer from bullying as well. 

In some cases it may not be the parents fault. It could be a lack of physical activity at school due to no recess or physical education classes.

I just thought I'd share that article because I found it interesting.

On to other things...

I have lost four pounds in the last four days. It may be water weight but I already feel a little better. I can button a pair of shorts I haven't been able to wear since last summer....so I guess that is some sort of progress, right?

And now that I have a somewhat normal work schedule I can make a somewhat normal workout schedule. My goal is 20 pounds by Christmas so that I can gain it all back over the holiday. That gives me just under five months...four pounds a month shouldn't be too hard. My problem with dieting in the past has been that I expected noticeable results right away. Hopefully I don't get discouraged if the results aren't immediate.

Anyways, tata for now.

Magical Fairy @ the Basilica Block Party.

So, yesterday we spent the day in Minneapolis at the beautiful Basilica of Saint Mary and listened to some awesome music. While we were killing time in between acts, we collaboratively wrote a little story, sentence by sentence...and here it is!

Once upon a time there was a fairy in the woods. She had lost her magical stone and was in search for it. Then she had to call for her fairy friends to help her find it. She looked everywhere for it, but couldn't find it. So she called the magical stone making company which was closed because of labor day. Then she said, "this sucks," and sat under her magical flower. A firebird at her magical flower. The fairy doesn't take crap from anybody so she challenged the firebird to a duel. "Connect four," yelled the fairy and the heated rage began. The firebird had lost and said, "best two out of three?" But the fairy doesn't like that idea. The fairy got angry and set her minions after the firebird. Feathers and black smokey fumes were in the air, and with a final squawk the firebird expired. After the debris had vanished the minions had seen something mystical and stone like.

It may not be the most beautifully written story but we were very entertained while writing it.